ATP International Series Gold
International Series Gold was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally that were part of the ATP Tour. The tournaments were positioned below the ATP Masters Series, and above the ATP International Series in terms of prize money and ranking points available.
International Series Gold tournaments offered players cash prizes and the ability to earn ATP ranking points. See Association of Tennis Professionals#Rankings for more details.
Effective in 2009, this series of tournaments became the ATP Tour 500, incorporating many of the same tournaments. The "500" represents the number of ATP ranking points earned by the winner of each event in the series.
Tournaments
The locations and titles of these tournaments may change from year to year. The tournaments, in calendar order, are:Tournament | Country | Location | Court surface | 2008 Prize Money | Draw Size | Began |
ABN AMRO WTT | Netherlands | Rotterdam | Indoor Hard | $824,000 | 32 | 1972 |
RMK Championships | United States | Memphis | Indoor Hard | $769,000 | 32 | 1975 |
Dubai Tennis Championships | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Hard | $1,426,000 | 32 | 1993 |
Abierto Mexicano Telcel | Mexico | Acapulco | Clay | $794,000 | 32 | 1993 |
Open Sabadell Atlántico | Spain | Barcelona | Clay | $888,000 | 56 | 1953 |
Mercedes Cup | Germany | Stuttgart | Clay | $568,000 | 32 | 1916 |
Generali Open | Austria | Kitzbühel | Clay | $571,000 | 48 | 1945 |
Japan Open Tennis Championships | Japan | Tokyo | Hard | $869,000 | 48 | 1972 |
BA-CA TennisTrophy | Austria | Vienna | Indoor Hard | $674,000 | 32 | 1974 |
Singles champions
ATP International Series Gold
ATP Championship Series
Doubles champions
International Series Gold
ATP Championship Series
Titles Champions 2000 to 2008
Players with 3 or more titles# | Player | RO | ME | DU | AC | BA | ST | KI | TO | VI | EX | # | Winning span |
1 | Roger Federer | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 2002–07 |
1 | Rafael Nadal | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2005–08 |
3 | Àlex Corretja | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2000–02 |
3 | Tommy Haas | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2001–07 |
3 | Gustavo Kuerten | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2000–01 |
3 | Carlos Moyá | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2002–04 |
3 | Andy Roddick | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2001–08 |
RO = Rotterdam, ME = Memphis, DU = Dubai, AC = Acapulco, BA = Barcelona, ST = Stuttgart, KI = Kitzbühel, TO = Tokyo, PA = Paris, EX = Extinct tournaments.
The 4th International Series Gold tournament was played in Mexico City in 2000, before moving to its current location in Acapulco in 2001.
The "Extinct tournaments" are: Indianapolis, Washington, London.
Active players in bold. 3 or more titles per tournament underlined.
Titles Champions 1990 to 1999
Players with 3 or more titlesTitles | # | |
1. | Pete Sampras | 12 |
2. | Boris Becker | 9 |
3. | Stefan Edberg | 8 |
4. | / Goran Ivanišević | 7 |
5. | Andre Agassi | 6 |
5. | / Ivan Lendl | 6 |
7. | Michael Chang | 5 |
7. | Jim Courier | 5 |
7. | Richard Krajicek | 5 |
10. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 4 |
10. | Thomas Muster | 4 |
12. | Todd Martin | 3 |
12. | Andriy Medvedev | 3 |
12. | Marcelo Ríos | 3 |
12. | Michael Stich | 3 |
Note
- Prior to the formation of the ATP in 1990 three of these tournaments Philadelphia, Indianapolis, and Tokyo were part of the Grand Prix Super Series major ranking tournaments. The precursor to Masters 1000 Series Events.